Welcome to the United Nations
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) adopted 11 principles of effective governance at its seventeenth session. The principles, endorsed by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 2018/12, highlight the need for pragmatic and ongoing improvements in national and local governance capabilities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
The principles are designed to ensure effective, accountable and inclusive government. CEPA has developed a wide range of commonly used strategies for operationalization of the principles. One of the principles is on sound policymaking. To achieve their intended results, public policies are to be coherent with one another and founded on true or well-established grounds, in full accordance with fact, reason and good sense. CEPA noted eight commonly used strategies for addressing the principle of sound policymaking, including (i) strategic planning and oversight; (ii) regulatory impact analysis (iii) promotion of coherent policymaking (iv) strengthening national statistical systems (v) monitoring and evaluation systems (vi) the science policy interface (vii) risk management frameworks and (viii) data sharing (...) Read more on both workshops by clicking on the following link :